BE 14, 081 (P259723)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 03349

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Payment of salaries; seal impr le.e., lo.e; 5x4(rev)x3(u.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Payment of salaries; seal impr le.e., lo.e; 5x4(rev)x3(u.e.) lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nazi-Maruttash.23.03.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P259723
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P259723

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	obv badly mutilated

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 03349
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	578541
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.3349

References

primary: BE 14, 081

[Clay1906BE14] Clay, Albert T. 1906. Documents from the Temple Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 14. Philadelphia. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14893.pdf.
history: MSKH 1, p. 279

[Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 18:37:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 14, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259723.

BE 14, 081 artifact entry (No. P259723). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259723 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 081 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259723 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259723},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 14, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259723.

BE 14, 081 artifact entry (No. P259723). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259723 (Original work published 2005)

BE 14, 081 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259723 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 14, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259723},
}

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